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Re: Apple ROM cards



In article <D5HHM8.BML@actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>Yes.  D0 isn't actually part of Integer BASIC: it is "Programmer's Aid
>#1", which contains a set of machine code and BASIC extensions
>(accessed via monitor commands, JSR and/or CALL statements) for
>functions such as machine code relocation, hi-res graphics, sound, etc.
>
>Integer BASIC itself occupies E0 and E8 (and possible some of F0).
>Most of F0 is taken up with Sweet-16 and the mini-assembler.  F8 is the
>Monitor ROM.
>
>With Applesoft, D0 through F0 all contain Applesoft BASIC.
>
>I'm not aware of an official D8 ROM being shipped for use with Integer
>BASIC.
>
>There must be something there in the INTBASIC file included on DOS 3.3
>System Masters: it might be a debugging utility ("The Inspector"?), or
>something like that.
>
>Does anyone have any further information on this?

My //e's system master disk crashes into the monitor in $D8 somewhere when
I try to boot it. Guess it's calling some routine in Applesoft which ain't
there since D8 is empty in my ][. I have an Applesoft ROM card in it but
I forget what happens when I boot when it's active.
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Randy Shackelford                                Huh huh, that was cool.
shack@crash.cts.com